Purse



. H. E. HODGSON PURSE Filed May 31, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a, jZl/ki/VTOR ATTORNEY Nov. 24, 1925- H. E. HODGSON PURSE Filed May 1, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I VENTOR A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES HARRIETTE ENSLEY HODGSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PURSE.

Application filed May 31,,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hacmn'r'rn ENSLEY HoDcsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Purses, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates more particularly to palm purses, and the objects are to provide neat and convenient construction for the purse, to provide a means whereby coins may be readily withdrawn, and to provide convenient and sightly means of wearing such purses upon the hand.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a face view of one form of the purse upon the palm of a hand;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the purse off the hand, one of the pockets being open and its lining strip withdrawn, and the flap of the other pocket being partly open;

Fig. 3 is a back view of the purse and its strap;

Fig. 4 is a central section through the purse from front to rear;

Fig. 5 is a face view of another form of purse embodying the invention on the palm of a hand;

Fig. 6 is a central section through this purse from front to rear; and

Fig. 7 is a face view of a modification of this form, ofi the hand, the lining strip being pulled out.

The purse of Figs. 1 to 4. will first be described. The purse proper, marked 1, is shown as of square form and of a size to be worn in the palm of the hand. A neat transverse strap 2 secured to the middle of the purse and adapted to pass about the metacarpus, inside of the thumb, affords means for wearing the purse in this manner. A buckle 3 in the strap provides for adjustment.

This purse is shown as having two pockets, 4 and 5, formed by suitably arranged flexible walls 6, 7, 8. One of these pockets, preferably the lower pocket 4, opens at the front of the purse, that is to say the edge toward the fingers, and isclosed by a flap- 9 having a snap fastener 10. In this pocket there is a folded lining strip 11, between the sides of which the coins a are received. The strip is sufficiently wide in relation to 1924. Serial No. 716,872.

the pocket so that coins will not escape into the pocket outside of the lining, notwithstanding that the lining is not fastened at the side edges.

The strip is secured at one end, as by stitching 12 to the upper wall 7 of the pocket, near the mouth of the pocket. The strip thence extends rearwardly in the pocket, is folded under at 13 and thence extends forwardly to the mouth, where it terminates .in a free, readily accessible end 14. lVhen the pocket is opened this end may be grasped and pulled outward, extending the strip as shown in Fig. 2 and bringing with it the coins loose upon its surface. In this way a coin can be extracted without fumbling, and the strip with any remaining coins can then be easily folded back into the pocket.

The lining strip is most advantageously made of ribbon, while the purse is preferably of leather, but thematerials may be varied.

The pocket 5 opening at the rear of the purse is adapted to hold a folded bill, or in the case of a womans purse may be used for carrying a small vanity box I). The pocket is closed by a flap 15 having snap fasteners 16.

The forms shown in Figs. 5 to 7 are of a more ornamental character. As illustrated, the purse proper 1 may be of circular outline. It preferably has two pockets 4: and 5*, both opening at the front. The two pockets may be closed by snap fastener elements 17 on the lips of the outer walls 6 and 8 as in Figs. 5 and 6, or by frames 18 on these lips having a familiar form of purse catch 19, as in Fig. 7 The pocket 4* contains the folded lining strip 11.

This form of purse is worn upon the hand by means of two loops of ornamental chain 20, 21, or in some cases cord or ribbon might be used. The ends of these loops are attached to the edges of the purse in approximately quartering relation, the ends of the loop 20, which is the shorter, being attached to the forward quarters, and the ends of the longer loop 21 to the rear quarters. It may be noted, however, that the distance between the ends of the two loops at one side, namely the side which is worn toward the thumb, should be greater than the distance at the opposite side.

In putting on this purse, the hand is first slipped through the larger loop 21, which passes from the purse in the palm back over the wrist, as seen in Fig. 5. Then one or more of the fingers are passed through the shorter loop 20, which then passes over the upper sides of these fingers below the knuckles.

Still other forms of the invention may be devised.

What I claim as new is:

1'. A purse having a pocket, and a lining strip adapted to be folded in the pocket,

it may be drawn out bringing the contents of the pocket loose on its surface.

strip adapted to be folded in the pocket of the purse, andhaving one end secured adjacent the 1n0uth of the pocket and the other end free, so that it may be'drawn'outbringing the contents of the pocket loose on its surface.

HARRIETTE ENSLEY HODGSON. 

